Career Hacker Secrets

Welcome to the Career Hackers Mini Series. 

These are really short episodes that get straight to the point and tackle real-world challenges among career hackers. The objective is to get the most essential advice you need in less than 10 minutes. 

In this episode, we're taking a bite out of the Six steps to pivot into your dream job. These are precisely the steps I've taken in my career, taking me from a sales manager at Dell to a product marketer at LinkedIn and now to the Global Director of Product Marketing at one of Europe’s top 40 startups. Typically, these types of moves take at least a decade. I did it in just 5 years.

As a heads up, we are crunching a lot in 10 minutes, so we created a mini-guide for those who would like to get more details. Just click on the link below. Let's get started. 

Timestamps

• 01:10 - Step 1: Think like a Career Hacker.
• 02:00 - Step 2: Model successful people (don’t try to reinvent the wheel).
• 02:48 - Step 3: Close the gap (as quickly as you can).
• 03:35 - Step 4: Build a Lead Generation Machine (Inbound, Outbound, and Strategic Partnerships).
• 04:25 - Step 5: Interview to win.
• 04:56 - Step 6: Close the deal.
• 05:12 - Quick review

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Welcome to the 1st interview on the Career Hacker Secrets podcast. 

Today we welcome Jeremiah Clark, a black man from Atlanta, Georgia, who grew up in a single-parent household. It hasn’t been without any struggle, but Jeremiah managed to break into LinkedIn, pivot into Pinterest, and later pivoted once more into venture capital in the most competitive markets in the world - Silicon Valley. 

Today Jeremiah leads Business Operations for GGV Capital - a Venture Capital and private equity firm that manages $6.2 billion in capital across 13 funds.

In this episode, we talk about how growing up in a single-parent household shaped him, how he broke into Silicon Valley and pivoted from Sales Ops to venture capital. We also discuss his five principles for preparing for interviews, owning your narrative, and learning scalable skills.

If you're someone looking to pivot into your next play but concerned about any possible disadvantages, this episode is for you. Jeremiah will give you the inspiration to dream big by breaking goals into small steps and start moving one action at a time.

Timestamps

00:00 - Introducing Jeremiah Clark

03:23 - Jeremiah’s background

06:45 - How growing up in a single-parent household shaped you?

08:10 - What inspired you to make those pivots? Identifying your true want

12:25 - The next pivot after LinkedIn: Getting into sales operations

16:07 - The next pivot: Joining Pinterest

17:55 - Preparing for interviews: The five principles

20:20 - Owning your narrative

21:10 - How to move through the most challenging moments in pivoting

25:03 - The next pivot: Getting into venture capital

29:48 - How to go about the interview process

32:29 - Jeremiah’s current role at GGV Capital

35:00 - The next projects

35:55 - Learning Chinese to work abroad

39:10 - Advice for people who want to pivot

40:35 - Where to find out more

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My name is Yannick Kpodar. I'm a former Product Marketing Lead at LinkedIn, a Top 100 Product Marketing influencer, and current Global Product Marketing Director at a top 40 Startup in Europe. 

I'm on a quest to interview ordinary people pivoting into incredible jobs in top tech companies. From a fashion stylist to a seven-figure enterprise account executive at LinkedIn, from musician to a senior director at Salesforce, from a US Army infantry officer to a VP at a startup, from a black man who grew up with his mom earning $24k a year to now leading business operations at venture capital and private equity firm in S.F. -- You'll learn all the tips and strategies they used so you can take your career to the next level.

If you're someone looking to pivot in your career, break into a top tech company, or simply get to the next level -- this podcast is for you. If you know someone who needs inspiration, help, guidance, or just a friend, please spread the love. See you next week for our official launch episode!

You can find us at www.careerhackeracademy.com

My name is Yannick Kpodar. I'm on a quest to interview ordinary people pivoting into incredible jobs in top tech companies. From a fashion stylist to a seven-figure enterprise account executive at LinkedIn, from musician to a senior director at Salesforce, from a US Army infantry officer to a VP at a startup, from a black man who grew up with his mom earning $24k a year to now leading business operations at venture capital and private equity firm in S.F. -- You'll learn all the tips and strategies they used so you can take your career to the next level.

I was once a struggling business graduate who couldn't find a job. BUT through trial and error, I learned the career hacking secrets to leapfrog in my career. 

SINCE then, I broke into B2B Sales at a Fortune 100 company, then pivoted into Product Marketing at Linkedin in San Francisco, 3x'd my income along the way, and THEN jumped 3 positions up to a global director at a TOP 40 startups in Europe. 

I'm now listed as one of the top 100 most influential Product Marketers in the world. I tell you all of this, so you know what's possible. 

 If you know someone who needs inspiration, help, guidance, or just a friend, please spread the love. See you in a couple of weeks for our first episode.  

You can find us at www.careerhackeracademy.com